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MinutiaeMan
Member # 444
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http://www.trektoday.com/news/040304_01.shtml
So, T'Pol's going to be turning into a druggie, eh? How nice. All I can say is that we've got an explanation for her behavior in "Azati Prime"...
T'Pol was trippin'.
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David Templar
Member # 580
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Addiction to a neuro-toxin? Is that anything like being addicted to the hot, metallic embrace of a .45 hollow point? I mean, from what we saw of those Vulcan Zombis, the substance isn't something you get addicted to, no more than mustard gas or VX.
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Sol System
Member # 30
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On the other hand, any number of deadly substances can have interesting effects provided the dosage is low enough to keep you from dying instantaneously. I mean, we use the impressively deadly excretions of C. botulinum to make people look slightly younger for a few months. Let's have some perspective.
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Futurama Guy
Member # 968
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She could be taking the neural-toxin in effort to develop an immunity to it...
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Sol System
Member # 30
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In case Enterprise ever has to go up against a Sicilian?
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Omega
Member # 91
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Inconceivable.
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Manticore
Member # 1227
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You say that word a lot. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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TheWoozle
Member # 929
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Sure it does mate!
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Guardian 2000
Member # 743
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Funniest. Flare. Exchange. Ever.
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David Templar
Member # 580
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quote: Originally posted by Sol System: On the other hand, any number of deadly substances can have interesting effects provided the dosage is low enough to keep you from dying instantaneously. I mean, we use the impressively deadly excretions of C. botulinum to make people look slightly younger for a few months. Let's have some perspective.
I dunno if that anology works... I mean, Trillium D is suppose to destroy Vulcan neural system, period. Substance abuses usually involve using stuff that inhibits or stimuates normal body functions in order to achieve a certain desired state. Any damage to the body results from long term use or OD, but the fact remains that the substance manipulates the body to achieve the desired result, not destroys the body to do so. Destroying the neural system in order to achieve a high is a bit... Farfetched.
I suppose it can be like some utterly uber form of beer, but somehow I'd imagine that Trillium-D would lack alcohol's ability to make oneself seem sexier, or invincible...
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J
Member # 608
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Perhaps she was simply trying to take small doses so she could become tolerate to larger doses.
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TSN
Member # 31
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Kinda like Futurama Guy said?
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Futurama Guy
Member # 968
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Sounds familiar...
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David Templar
Member # 580
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The forum's been flying too fast and too close to a blackhole again...
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Wes1701J
Member # 212
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quote: Originally posted by David Templar: [QUOTE]I mean, Trillium D is suppose to destroy Vulcan neural system, period. Substance abuses usually involve using stuff that inhibits or stimuates normal body functions in order to achieve a certain desired state. Any damage to the body results from long term use or OD, but the fact remains that the substance manipulates the body to achieve the desired result, not destroys the body to do so. Destroying the neural system in order to achieve a high is a bit... Farfetched.
No its not, what do you think Heroin, Cocaine, etc do to your brain in small doses?
As for the episode itself, I like the idea. A Star Trek episode tieing in to real-world problems today. Oldschool.
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Krenim
Member # 22
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I can believe the getting addiction to Trellium-D. But how would she get it? They sealed all the Trellium-D they had in biohazard containment, didn't they?
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Dat
Member # 302
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Isn't it only a biohazard to T'Pol? In which case if it was sealed that way, it was to protect her.
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TSN
Member # 31
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She's the first officer. I'm sure she had clearance to access the stuff, even if it was sealed away.
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MinutiaeMan
Member # 444
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I can't believe nobody liked my joke that T'Pol was trippin'!
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Bond, James Bond
Member # 1127
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I'm just waiting for T'pol to go fully "Trainspotting" and sell half the ship's anti-matter for just... one... more... hit.
I agree with Futurama Guy's assessment that she was probably attempting to develope an immunity to the Trellium-D so that they could use it in reinforcing the ship's hull against the anomalies but it got out of hand.
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Futurama Guy
Member # 968
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I guess the answer to this thread wasn't so much an effort to develop an immunity but in fact an addiction...
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Futurama Guy
Member # 968
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quote: Originally posted by David Templar: Addiction to a neuro-toxin? Is that anything like being addicted to the hot, metallic embrace of a .45 hollow point? I mean, from what we saw of those Vulcan Zombis, the substance isn't something you get addicted to, no more than mustard gas or VX.
...well, nice try, but no cigar.
MinutiaeMan wins the booby prize...but I win the booby!!
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